Artillery and fireworks, 2 works, by Rivault and Malthus, contemporary vellum

ARTILLERY AND FIREWORKS

Two French seventeenth-century works, 8vo, comprising:

i. Rivault, Flurance. Les elemens de l'artillerie. Paris: Adrian Beys, 1605, 2 woodcut plates (of 4), woodcut illustrations, [Cockle 676], contemporary vellum, lacking 2 plates, first and last leaf somewhat soiled, binding soiled, foot of lower joint worn

ii. Malthus, Francis. Traité des feux artificiels pour la guerre, et pour la recreation. Paris: Pierre Guillemot, 1632, engraved additional title, engraved and woodcut illustrations, contemporary vellum, [cf. Cockle 939], text browned and spotted

PROVENANCE:

Rivault: purchased from Pickering & Chatto, 21 January 1902, £1-5s